2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
The 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 19th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, will be held in Sydney, Australia between 22 September and 1 October 2022.[1]
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Australia |
| Dates | 22 September – 1 October |
| Teams | 12 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
The United States are the three-time defending champions.[2]
Hosts selection
Australia and Russia were the only two federations bidding for the tournament. The decision was made on 26 March 2020 during a video conference.[1]
Venues
The tournament will take place in two venues.
| Sydney | ||
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| Sydney Super Dome | State Sports Centre | |
| Capacity: 21,032 | Capacity: 5,006 | |
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Qualification
Australia as the hosts automatically qualified for the tournament in March 2020. All other teams will qualify through qualifying tournaments, after finishing as the top teams during their regional tournament. A total of 12 teams will play in those tournaments for the remaining spots.[3]
The shown FIBA ranking indicates the ranking before the tournament.
In February 2022, Russia was expelled from the tournament by FIBA due to its invasion of Ukraine.[4]
| Qualification | Host | Dates | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | N/A | 26 March 2020 | 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
| 2020 Summer Olympics |  Tokyo | 26 July – 8 August 2021 | 1 |  United States |
| Qualifying Tournaments |  Belgrade | 10–13 February 2022 | 2 | Serbia South Korea |
| 3 |  China France Nigeria | |||
| Osaka | 3 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada Japan | ||
| Washington | 2 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium Russia |
Qualified teams
| Team | Qualification | Appearance | Best Performance | FIBA World Ranking | FIBA Zone Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Method | Date | Last | Total | Streak | ||||
| Australia | Host nation | 26 March 2020 | 2018 | 16 | 15 | Champions (2006) | 3 | 1 |
| United States | Olympic champion | 8 August 2021 | 18 | 16 | Champions (1953, 1957, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018) | 1 | 1 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Qualifying Tournament | 5 February 2022 | Debut | 26 | 17 | |||
| Canada | 2018 | 12 | 5 | Third place (1979, 1986) | 4 | 2 | ||
| Japan | 9 | 4 | Second place (1975) | 8 | 3 | |||
| China | 11 February 2022 | 11 | 11 | Second place (1994) | 7 | 2 | ||
| France | 11 | 6 | Third place (1953) | 6 | 3 | |||
| South Korea | 12 February 2022 | 16 | 16 | Second place (1967, 1979) | 13 | 4 | ||
| Serbia | 2014 | 3 | 1 | Eighth place (2014) | 10 | 5 | ||
| Nigeria | 13 February 2022 | 2018 | 3 | 2 | Eighth place (2018) | 14 | 1 | |
| Belgium | 2 | 2 | Fourth place (2018) | 5 | 2 | |||
| Russia | 14 February 2022 | 2010 | 5 | 1 | Second place (1998, 2002, 2006) | 12 | 7 | |
Draw
The official draw ceremony took place on 3 March 2022 in Sydney.[5][6]
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Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+11).[7]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | China |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | South Korea |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | United States |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Serbia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Japan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Nigeria |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Canada |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Australia (H) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host
Knockout stage
A draw will decide the pairings of the quarterfinals.
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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| Third place | ||||||||||
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Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
See also
References
- "Australia announced as host of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022". FIBA. 26 March 2020.
- "USA three-peat as World Champions, punch ticket to Tokyo 2020 Olympics". FIBA. 30 September 2018.
- "How to Qualify". FIBA.basketball.
- "FIBA statement on Russian teams and officials". FIBA.basketball. 1 March 2022.
- "FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 field set following end of Qualifying Tournaments". FIBA.basketball. 15 February 2022.
- "Australia basketball legend to perform Draw of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022". FIBA.basketball. 1 March 2022.
- "Excitement levels build as FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 schedule is finalized". FIBA.basketball. 17 March 2022.